The recipes needed to create Metal in the Little Alchemy games, plus the other elements it unlocks
Hard, cold, indispensable ingredient of the industrial revolution – that’s Metal. If you want to make bridges, bullets, boilers, or dozens of other elements in Little Alchemy, you’ll need Metal. Here’s how to make it.
Ingredients needed to make Metal
There’s only one way to make Metal in Little Alchemy, but 4 in Little Alchemy 2. Metal is extracted from raw ore held in rock, using some form of heat, which is reflected in the recipes you can use.
| Game Version | Ingredients | Ingredient Images |
|---|---|---|
| Little Alchemy 1 | Stone + Fire |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Stone + Fire |   |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Stone + Heat |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Ore + Fire |  |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Ore + Heat | |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Ore + Tool |  |
The Quickest way to get to Metal
Luckily for such a useful element, Metal only takes 3 steps to find in both games. You don’t need Time in Little Alchemy 2 either.
Little Alchemy 1
- Earth + Fire → Lava
- Air + Lava → Stone
- Fire + Stone → Metal
Little Alchemy 2
- Air + Air → Pressure
- Earth + Pressure → Stone
- Stone + Fire → Metal
Steps to make the necessary ingredients
Metal is such a fundamental element that you’ll start the game with half the elements needed to make it: Air, Earth, and Fire. The others can be made quickly too
Stone
The Flintstones’ favorite building material. If only they’d known about the metally goodness within!
Little Alchemy 1
Air + Lava
Little Alchemy 2
- Earth + Pressure
- Earth + Solid
- Air + Lava
Heat
Just what you need to make some molten rock. Only available in Little Alchemy 2. It must have been cold in the first game.
Little Alchemy 2
- Fire + Idea
- Fire + Science
- Lava + Philosophy
- Air + Energy
Ore
Baby metal is comfortably wrapped up in a rocky blanket of Ore. Smash the ore to find the metal.
Little Alchemy 2
- Hammer + Boulder
- Hammer + Earth
- Hammer + Rock
- Hammer + Stone
- Hammer + Hill
- Hammer + Mountain
Tool
That hammer you used to bash apart the ore? That’s a tool.
Little Alchemy 1
Human + Metal
Little Alchemy 2
- Human + Metal
- Human + Steel
- Human + Wood
- Human + Stone
- Human + Rock
- Wood + Metal
- Wood + Steel
- Wood + Stone
- Wood + Rock
Check out our full guide to making Tool in Little Alchemy for everything else you need to know
What can you make with Metal?
Think of a cool or useful object. Chances are it contains metal. There’s a huge list of elements that Metal unlocks in Little Alchemy 1 and 2.
Little Alchemy 1
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Airplane | Bird + Metal |
| Armor | Tool + Metal |
| Blade | Metal + Stone |
| Boiler | Steam + Metal |
| Bridge | River + Metal |
| Bullet | Gunpowder + Metal |
| Car | Wheel + Metal |
| Cauldron | Metal + Witch |
| Chain | Metal + Rope |
| Crown | Metal + Monarch |
| Electricity | Metal + Energy |
| Fire extinguisher | Metal + Carbon dioxide |
| Fridge | Metal + Cold Metal + Ice |
| Glasses | Glass + Metal |
| Gold | Metal + Sun Metal + Rainbow |
| Grenade | Explosion + Metal |
| Gun | Metal + Bullet |
| Hammer | Metal + Wood |
| Horseshoe | Metal + Horse |
| Lamp | Metal + Light bulb |
| Mirror | Glass + Metal |
| Mousetrap | Metal + Cheese |
| Needle | Metal + Thread Metal + Hay |
| Ring | Diamond + Metal |
| Robot | Metal + Life |
| Rust | Air + Metal Metal + Oxygen |
| Safe | Metal + Money Metal + Gold |
| Steel | Metal + Coal |
| Sword | Blade + Metal |
| Tool | Human + Metal |
| Train | Steam engine + Metal |
| Wire | Electricity + Metal |
Little Alchemy 2
| Element | Recipes |
|---|---|
| Airplane | Bird + Metal Owl + Metal Vulture + Metal Duck + Metal Seagull + Metal Bat + Metal Eagle + Metal Pigeon + Metal Hummingbird + Metal Crow + Metal |
| Armor | Metal + Fabric |
| Bbq | Campfire + Metal |
| Bell | Sound + Metal Metal + Hammer |
| Blade | Stone + Metal Rock + Metal |
| Boiler | Pressure + Metal Steam + Metal |
| Bridge | Metal + River Stream + Metal |
| Bullet | Gunpowder + Metal |
| Cage | Wolf + Metal Fox + Metal Lion + Metal |
| Car | Wheel + Metal |
| Cauldron | Witch + Metal Pottery + Metal |
| Chain | Rope + Metal Wire + Metal |
| Electricity | Metal + Lightning |
| Fire | Carbon dioxide + Metal |
| Fridge | Cold + Metal Ice + Metal |
| Glasses | Glass + Metal |
| Gold | Metal + Sun Metal + Rainbow Metal + Butter Metal + Sand Metal + Light Metal + Alchemist Metal + Philosopher’s stone |
| Grenade | Explosion + Metal |
| Gun | Bullet + Metal Bow + Metal |
| Hammer | Tool + Metal |
| Horseshoe | Horse + Metal |
| Lamp | Light bulb + Metal |
| Mailbox | Letter + Metal Mailman + Metal |
| Mirror | Glass + Metal |
| Motorcycle | Bicycle + Metal |
| Mousetrap | Cheese + Metal |
| Needle | Thread + Metal |
| Pitchfork | Hay + Metal |
| Plow | Earth + Metal Field + Metal |
| Quicksilver | Metal + Liquid |
| Ring | Diamond + Metal Love + Metal |
| Robot | Life + Metal Golem + Metal |
| Rocket | Atmosphere + Metal |
| Rust | Air + Metal Metal + Oxygen |
| Safe | Metal + Money Metal + Gold |
| Shuriken | Star + Metal |
| Spaceship | Space + Metal |
| Spotlight | Light + Metal |
| Steel | Metal + Coal Metal + Charcoal Metal + Mineral Metal + Ash |
| Steel | Wool + Metal |
| Sword | Blade + Metal |
| Tank | Car + Metal |
| Tool | Human + Metal Wood + Metal |
| Train | Steam engine + Metal |
| Vulcan | Deity (DLC) + Metal |
| Wheel | Motion + Metal |
| Wire | Metal + Electricity Metal + Rope |
H2: Little Alchemy 2 category
Metal has one category in the encyclopedia – materials
DLC packs needed
You don’t need any extra DLC packs to make Metal